The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Blues Playlist

Posted Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:37pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

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Unfortunately for thousands of American families, 2007 and 2008 will go down in history for the subprime mortgage meltdown, which has resulted in an unprecedented number of foreclosures.

I remember not too long ago when equity in my home went through the roof and all was well with the world. The President was touting all time high minority home ownership. People were on cloud 9 about the opportunities surrounding them. Many quit good jobs to "flip" real estate, as encouraged by numerous television shows featuring ordinary people getting rich. It's easy! Just leverage yourself, buy, fix up and sell for huge profits!  It worked!

Temporarily...

Well, the mess we have gotten ourselves into is now impacting markets around the world and here we stand at the brink of (if not already in) a full blown recession. And this will certainly be a factor in the upcoming presidential election with both sides pointing fingers and offering solutions. But really it was just another bubble created by euphoria, greed and turning a blind eye to financial fundamentals. And I have news for you; it won't be the last bubble we see in our lifetime.

There's plenty of blame to go around on the consumer side, corporate side and governmental side. But if you take one thing away from this whole mess let it be an awareness to tread cautiously when things seem too good to be true.

As a lover of music I thought a playlist was in order. So I give you The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Blues -- a playlist of songs about foreclosure, recession and economic failure.

And of course, only one genre fits -- the blues.

The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Blues Playlist

The Mortgage Blues-Part 1 - Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon

on Yahoo! Music JukeboxFrom the album Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon Vol. 2
Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31


Foreclosure On The House - John Lee Sanders

on Yahoo! Music JukeboxFrom the album It's All Blues To Me
Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31


Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

on Yahoo! Music JukeboxFrom the album Ain't Got No Home
Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31


No Money, No Luck Blues - B.B. King

on Yahoo! Music JukeboxFrom the album Lucille
Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31


The No Soap, No Hope, No Mouse, No House Blues - Anita O'Day

on Yahoo! Music JukeboxFrom the album Anita O'Day Collates
Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31


2 Comments

1. DUDE -
I would love to blog my usual cynical tripe here.....but I can't!!...Good choice of tunes, well written article!! ...You win this one, Radish!!

2. ThinkNgrow -
Wow, Now i have theme music to go with my visual tours for my foreclosure listing! Thanks for the list!
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